Marking 25 years since hospital closure

The shock closure of a major city hospital a quarter of a century ago will be remembered in Cork this weekend.

The city’s landmark Shandon Bells will ring out as former patients and staff of the North Infirmary Hospital gather at the building — now home to the Maldron Hotel on John Redmond Street — to mark the anniversary.

“We are very much mindful of the affection and strong association the North Infirmary had with the people of Cork,” the hotel’s general manager, Michael Lally, said.